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There isn't enough written in English on the woodworking of the Chinese, who have a long and amazing woodworking and technological history. But today I've been gobbling up China at Work by Rudolf P. Hommel (MIT Press, 1937), which focuses on tools used for making other tools (blacksmithing), food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Unlike other contemporary writers, Hommel lived in China for several years, had enormous respect for the culture […]The post Ingenious Chinese Planing Stop appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.Read more here